(Part 2) Top products from r/japanlife
We found 30 product mentions on r/japanlife. We ranked the 496 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
21. Arteck Car Jump Starter Auto Battery Charger and 8000mAh External Battery Charger Car Jumper for 12V Automotive, Motorcycle, Tractor, Boat, Phone with Clamps, LED Flashlight, 300A Peak 2.5L Gas Max
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 2
Car Jump Starter: Jump your car up to 20 times when away from electrical mains (support up to 2.5L Gasoline) with built-in heavy duty clamps and cables and 300 amp peak current. (The starter cannot start more than 2.5L cars)External Battery Charger: Charge phones, tablets or other device and speed o...
22. Bright W clothing bleach body 600mL *AF27*
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 2
Japan Household Cleaning Supplies - Bright W clothing bleach body 600mL *AF27*w/tracking number from JP Post
23. TWINBIRD Kotokoto simmer (Slow Cooked) slow cooker EP-4717BR Brown
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
Main Unit Operation Display Japanese Japanese Instruction ManualPower supply: AC 100V. If the power supply is AC100V (50 / 60Hz) specification, we recommend that drop the voltage to AC100V in the transformer or the like.
24. Coca-Cola OTG bottle 500ml ~ 24 this
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
Contents: 500ml ~ 24 thisCalories: 45Kcal / 100mlIngredients: sugar (fructose glucose syrup, sugarProduct Size (width ~ depth ~ height): 69 ~ 69 ~
25. THERMOS water bottle vacuum insulation Mobile mug [one-touch open type] 0.6L matte black JNL-602 MTBK
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
26. Tuck Long Optical Cable
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 2
Tuck Long Optical Cable
29. Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence: Fully Revised and Updated for 2018
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Penguin Books
30. Classical Japanese: A Grammar
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Columbia University Press
31. Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
32. Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
34. Culture Shock! Japan: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette (Culture Shock! Guides)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
36. Sunday Roast: The Complete Guide to Cooking and Carving
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
37. Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e 64 GB Wifi Tablet Silver (2019) - SM-T720NZSAXAR
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 1
Ultra light for on the go; Lighter than a pound, our slimmest tablet won't add weight to your load; Stream, browse and more on eye catching metal designCrisp; Clear; Captivating; Get drawn in to the 10; 5 inches Super AMOLED display with an immersive 16: 10 ratio widescreen; Shows and movies come to...
38. Remembering the Kanji 1: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
University of Hawaii Press
u/GravityTxT, geekguy has the best advice on this thread. "will, fortitude, and action".
I never earned much money and retired at 35 to travel full-time. It's not about how much you earn, but how much you spend.
If all my investments magically disappeared and I had to start again, I would get a job in rural Japan, doing something I like, where housing is essentially free, and there's a labor shortage. That's an immediate strong economic position from which to rebuild capital.
Do what you love, avoid lifestyle inflation, enjoy life.
And as a former software industry worker, I say the industry is awful for quality of living, and emotional fulfillment. IT, too.
You need to get concrete on what you want out of life. Read Your Money or your Life by Dominguez/Robin.
If you're a numbers guy read http://earlyretirementextreme.com/, if you're a heart guy read https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/. Even if you want to work to 75, these are great resources for living a examined life, rather than just floating along.
I highly recommend reading "The Bogleheads" as a great introduction to investing.
The Bogleheads are basically a group of people following the investment principles of late Jack Bogle, founder of one of the most successful investment companies, Vanguard.
Have fun.
https://www.amazon.com/Bogleheads-Guide-Investing-Taylor-Larimore/dp/0470067365
There's also a remarkable forum/ community over there:
https://www.bogleheads.org
I should write a guide about this... the outline is:
0. Don't be American.
I've actually seen a lot of vending machines are now ¥160 for a 500ml of Cocacola (which seemed to happen after the tax increase). My local Max Value supermarket sells Cocacola for ¥84.
Amazon.co.jp lists 24x500ml bottles at ¥97 each. At least the supermarket is cheaper, faster and has it chilled...
Also since tap water tasted weird a few weeks ago before the wet season, I bought a box of 6x2L bottles of water for about ¥400. Mmm tenzensui...
And since I get my Amazon orders delivered to the nearest conbini since I'm never home for their next day delivery and can't find time to get the delivery anyway, I actually end up having to go further than the super market to get a super heavy box of drinks...
The Tab A uses a shit processor and will be shitty for anything other that video. Web browsing will be slow. The Tab S series is much nicer.... I have the older Tab S 8.4 and use it occasionally for browsing, but the AMOLED screen is amazing for video. They aren't sold in Japan anymore though.
The Tab S5e is great though (https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Wifi-Tablet-Silver/dp/B07Q5VPXG4/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tab+s6&qid=1565750610&s=gateway&sr=8-1)
Check out Flossy Carter's review of it on YouTube.
This book is really good for pronunciation, teaching you how to move your specific mouth-parts:
https://www.amazon.com/Pronounce-Perfectly-Japanese-Charles-Inouye/dp/0812080351
It's old and cassette-only, but hopefully you can find an MP3 online ...
From memory the book has lots of useful diagrams too.
RTK + Anki are amazing. My Kanji recognition is significantly better than my speaking or listening now.
What is the best source for English language books?
I'm looking for this book which is significantly cheaper on US Amazon (about half the price even with shipping), but if I'm going to have to wait that long for shipping from the US then I might as well see if there's anywhere else in Japan that I can get it faster.
Twinbird makes pretty decent quality stuff.
Whatever you get, I recommend you get a simple on-off type, not a digital one. Then you have the option of making a sous-vide controller later.
Dear god that link.
Why not try it like this?
This was one of the textbooks I used in my classical Japanese class (the other one is the reader with the actual texts, the blue one, which is better to start reading after you finish the red one) and was invaluable in explaining the grammar, its meaning, and providing examples of its use. There are simple tables and graphs out there that just give the info to you (our class was furious when we found that out lol) but it's much better to study it.
Here's a good cheap model if it's your first slow cooker:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/B009JXQWR4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1458627745&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=slow+cooker&dpPl=1&dpID=41q1bVj964L&ref=plSrch
Some food for thought:
1)
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/4770018487/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&qid=1497715637&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=Straitjacket+society&dpPl=1&dpID=51W2BFZZGEL&ref=plSrch
2)
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/0809039435/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&qid=1497715742&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=alex+kerr&dpPl=1&dpID=512x9dkcRcL&ref=plSrch
Blu Tack also exists as Blu Tack... https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0010ZMQHE/
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0010ZMQHE
This is book of expert of japan crime people ”yakuza”
https://www.amazon.com/Tokyo-Vice-American-Reporter-Police/dp/0307475298?ie=UTF8&ref_=asap_bc
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B01DVSSCG6
Edit: Fixed link
Read this book. No really, it helps.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B9-%E7%9C%9F%E7%A9%BA%E6%96%AD%E7%86%B1%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B0-%E3%83%AF%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%97-JNL-602-MTBK/dp/B013SEILVE/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1496111287&sr=8-5&keywords=thermos
I used to recommend a book called Culture Shock! Japan (actually it was Tokyo but I suppose it's mostly the same concepts); but I haven't read it in several years. It covers all the basics for expats moving to Japan, but as a JET your situation may vary.
I use ブライト detergent. Lately my clothes haven't been coming out of the washing machine smelling fresh at all. This week some of my newly washed and dried clothes even still smelled despite being clean. Is this a bad detergent or is there maybe something wrong with my washing machine? It's old I can tell you that much but I'm not in a situation to buy a new one in the foreseeable future
Sorry, I should have clarified. I was talking about 500mL can.
Edit: 500mL PET bottle for 85 yen!
Weird, I though cans would be less expensive.